The facts:
Title: Nottinghamshire City
BSF
Client: Nottingham City
Council
Location: Nottingham
Services: Strategic Partnering,
Educational, Building Design and Architecture
Sector: Education
Project Value: £208m
The project
Capita Symonds are part of the ‘inspiredspaces’
consortium that is playing an integral role in Nottingham City
Council's Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme. Eight
schools are being delivered in the current wave of the programme,
primarily through new build, but also via refurbishment and
remodelling programmes.
We are providing strategic partnering, educational, building
design and architectural services on the programme.
As the strategic education partner we provided high level
strategic education advice throughout the bidding period as well as
leading the school engagement process with three sample schools.
Our educationalists also worked as key members of the bid team to
provide strategic advice on both the Local Authority education
vision and individual school visions, leading all school engagement
sessions and attending clarification meetings with the Council.
We have continued to work closely with the Council to consider
how we can support the schools in preparation for the new learning
environments and we are also working in partnership to develop the
Strategy for Change for the next phase of investment, as well as
for the individual schools.
In terms of specific projects, our architects
have designed buildings for Big Wood School which is being
completely rebuilt; buildings for Oak Field School and Sport
College, a new special school; and the remodelling and
refurbishment of Hadden Park High School. The team has also been
appointed to design the £13.1m rebuild of Southwark Primary School
which is part of the national Primary Capital programme - a 14 year
programme which aims to ensure that primary schools are fully
equipped for the 21st century.
Our security consultancy team has advised on all Nottingham
City’s BSF schemes to date, with Southwark Primary School set to
become the city's first 'Secured by Design' school following close
liaison between the project design team and Police Architectural
Liaison Officer.
We are also working on the development of three new Academies in
the city, totalling over £100m - Nottingham University Samworth
Academy (NUSA); The Bulwell Academy; and the Nottingham
Academy.